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Questions tagged [vdi]

For questions about the virtual disk image file used in VirtualBox systems

Normally VirtualBox uses its own container format for guest hard disks – Virtual Disk Image (VDI) files.

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Why does Virtualbox' virtual disk not grow automatically?

I use VirtualBox 4.2.6 with Ubuntu 12.04 as a host and Win XP as a guest. I assigned a virtual disk (VDI) that grows with XP to a a maximum of 40 GB. Currently it uses 25 GB. Within XP it repeatedly tells me that there is not enough space…
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Recover files from a broken Virtualbox machine .vdi

My Ubuntu 12.04.1 running on virtualbox ran out of space while I was installing software on it and now it is not rebooting. I've got files I need to recover from it. I have the ubuntu64.vdi file on my Windows 7 (host) laptop and I was wondering if…
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VirtualBox dynamic disk not expanding to Virtual Size

I have Ubuntu 12.04 running on VirtualBox 4.2.4 in a Dynamic VDI disk with the limit set to 8gb on a real ext4 partition with more than 40gb of empty room available. However, the VDI it does not expand to the limit. 8gb is more than enough for what…
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How to mount a vdi file in ubuntu 13.10?

I'm trying to mount a vdi file in ubuntu 13.10. I tried to sudo apt-get install virtualbox-fuse but it complains about not finding the package. Converting it to raw is not really an option for me, I don't have enough free space.
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How to create an iso image from vdi file?

I have a .vdi file of OpenSUSE-13 in my host system Ubuntu 14.04LTS. Can I create a .iso image of OpenSUSE for installation, which contains all the applications in my vdi file? The .vdi file is about 25GB in size and 11GB of that is the used space.
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Ubuntu in Virtualbox in Dropbox or Cloud?

I would like to have a virtual machine of ubuntu , that I can access everywhere , without having to carry my Virtual HD , could I put the VHD on something like dropbox or google drive and use it there ? is this practical ? because as far as I know…
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Virtualbox Windows 10 guest cannot boot from NVMe

I have the latest Virtualbox 5.2.18 in a Ubuntu 18.04.1. I have a guest system Windows 10. I have a vmdk hard drive ( virtual drive) saved in a SSD disk ( the file .vmdk. So i have recently upgraded my system buying a NVME (Samsung SSD 970 EVO PCI-E…
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Citrix receiver client: Web interface - "You do not have the proper encryption level to access this session"

I was using citrix receiver client (version 13.1) from my personal Ubuntu 14.04 machine to access my Windows 7 virtual work desktop. Since a couple of weeks ago, i am getting "SSL Error 4" error and could not access the Windows 7 machine. I…
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Ubuntu software download query - difference between vdi and iso file types

I am doing a course on embedded systems, and I need to install Ubuntu for that. While searching the web for doing so I came across two forms in which the Ubuntu software is downloaded, namely the virtual disk image (VDI) and the ISO file formats.…
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Can I use Ubuntu VDI to run GPU intensive Windows video games?

I have a bunch of kids (5), and a bunch of laptops (total of 7 including mom & dads). My video games (Civ V, Xcom) run pretty slow on our laptops (AMD A quad core, 8GB RAM, 512 MB onboard ATI 512 Mb video, $350 cheap laptops) connected via wireless…
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VDI to Hard Drive

Is any way to copy file system from VirtualBox .vdi file (or others like that) to physical partition on a hard drive?
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Logging into Windows VDI from Ubuntu - aka equivalent app of "Remote Desktop"

Is there a way to log into the Windows VDI (running on Azure) using an app like "Remote Desktop" on Windows? Currently, I can logging in using the Web page (https://rdweb.wvd.microsoft.com/arm/webclient), but as a result, I would not have access to…
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Ubuntu in enterprise

We currently have Windows XP desktop (around 50 computers) in an VDI environment (View Hoziron aka View) We think to upgrade our installation and have choice : - Upgrade to Windows 7 (or 8) - Jump in Linux World Upgrade to Windows means :…
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Creating and configuring an Ubuntu .vdi image

I have taken some courses that provide a .vdi file for Virtual Box so that students don't have to configure their own machines. How can I create one of these images with Ubuntu on it? What is the best way to configure it? Should I use some tool like…
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How increase the "loaded units" systemd

we use chrome remote desktop to perform remote access to ubuntu, but I am not able to enable more than 32 users (each user is a systemctl unit and after reaching 32 unit loaed, I cannot start others). to list the loaded units use the command: sudo…
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